Shalach Manos A-Z

Do it? I’d wondered. What was so difficult about Purim?

You see, I was still a tad sheltered, all those years ago. I thought everyone did what we did.

Ma prepared a few shaloch manos. Maybe a hedonistic four, at most; Ta leined Megillah at the early minyan, before he was abducted by tax season. We proudly donned our cowboy gear, then loaded into the car.

And off we went to Boro Park, leaving home behind.